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Song of Solomon 8

TMB 1
"O, that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
NIV 1
If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
TMB 2
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
NIV 2
I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house-- she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
TMB 3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
NIV 3
His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.
TMB 4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up nor awake my love, until he please."
NIV 4
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
TMB 5
"Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she brought thee forth that bore thee."
NIV 5
Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
TMB 6
"Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave; the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame."
NIV 6
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
TMB 7
"Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."
NIV 7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
TMB 8
"We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
NIV 8
We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
TMB 9
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar."
NIV 9
If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
TMB 10
"I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; then was I in his eyes as one that found favor.
NIV 10
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
TMB 11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
NIV 11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
TMB 12
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred."
NIV 12
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
TMB 13
"Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice; cause me to hear it."
NIV 13
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
TMB 14
"Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices."
NIV 14
Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.

New International Version

Song of Solomon 8

NIV 1
If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother's breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
NIV 2
I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house-- she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
NIV 3
His left arm is under my head and his right arm embraces me.
NIV 4
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
NIV 5
Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
NIV 6
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
NIV 7
Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.
NIV 8
We have a young sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for?
NIV 9
If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
NIV 10
I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. Thus I have become in his eyes like one bringing contentment.
NIV 11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon; he let out his vineyard to tenants. Each was to bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
NIV 12
But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
NIV 13
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
NIV 14
Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains.